Suffering on the Sofa: My CoViD-19 Story Day 12
We CAN do this. And we are. My hibernation began on March 13. It was a Friday. We’re on Day 13 today, with only one run to the post office so far. Tomorrow, we’ll see our first outing … Read More
Coping in the era of COVID-19
How are you doing? This is the most serious pandemic since the Spanish influenza and information, we know, is critical in keeping anxiety down. People, in general, feel anxious in the unknown. I thought a post that pulled together the … Read More
How Do We Know What We Know?
That age old dichotomy: Fact vs. Opinion, Magic vs. Reality, Faith vs. Evidence, Religion vs. Science We’ve had these dichotomies forever it seems. Everyone knew where they stood and if there was any conflict over any of it, it … Read More
Moving from one CD to another
Last week’s post on What Makes A Good Blog Topic originally included THREE possibilities. At the last minute (well, I still had 23 minutes to go before it launched at midnight) I pulled this third one, wanting to see if … Read More
What makes a good blog topic?
Karen Huber of KMHuber’s Blog (“Zen with a bite”) wrote this recently: A blog is a way to explore an idea, if for no other reason than to find out what it isn’t. I resonated with that for it … Read More
LEAPFROG Outtakes
One of the benefits of self-publishing is that I can go back into my published book at any time and make it better. And, given my propensity to tweak, I have been doing that with LEAPFROG, the book that … Read More
Coping with Weltschmerz
As promised at the end of last week’s Weltschmerz post, this week we’re going to talk about how I’ve been coping. In short: some days are better than others. But, what consistently makes the biggest difference in my peace of … Read More
Weltschmerz
Do you remember Thirty Days to A More Powerful Vocabulary? This tiny book was part of our curriculum in sixth grade (thank you New Jersey public schools). From a mere fifteen minutes a day, it promised, we could … Read More
Travel, Immigration, and suitcases
Though I won’t write about a land I am officially forbidden to visit on my own (see my recent post), I will write a bit about the pull to travel, to explore, to move that we humans many humans have. … Read More